UIC head coach Luke Yaklich announced the addition of Kyle Drennan as the team's director of operations on April 3, 2020. Drennan joins the Flames after spending the last year as the head coach at McCook Community College in McCook, Neb.
In his lone season at the helm of the McCook men's basketball program, he guided the Indians to their first home playoff game in 13 years, first playoff win in 20 years and saw the team GPA climb above a 3.0 for the first time in 12 years.
On the court he helped Le'Tre Darthard and Raheim Sullivan to Third Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference honors, while Tyrik Singh earned First Team All-Conference recognition.
Prior to his time in McCook, Drennan served as the director of operations at McNeese State for a season where he oversaw travel, academics, nonconference scheduling, film analysis, social media, budget and student managers.
Drennan moved to McNeese State after serving as the director of scouting and operations with JUCO Advocate out of Austin, Texas, where he guided players to the junior college ranks assisting them to obtain scholarships from four-year programs.
He also worked as the Director of Scouting and Social Media at Texas Top 100 where he developed and executed regional camps, evaluated players at the local and national levels and spearheaded social media coverage of live and upcoming events.
Drennan broke into coaching in 2015 as an assistant coach at Labette Community College in Parsons, Kansas, where he was responsible for skill development of the guard and wing positions as well as game plans, film analysis, marketing, and out-of-state recruiting.
He started his career in marketing with the Fenway Sports Group and the Salem Red Sox, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. There he developed short and long term marketing plans as well as building relationships with Fortune 500 companies.
The Aurora, Colorado native is a 2009 graduate of the University of Colorado with degrees in marketing and business management.
